2025 Annual Summary

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Key Messages

Highest Plastic Waste Exporters to Non-OECD Countries and Turkey and Mexico (OECD Countries) in 2025:

  • Japan: Exported 470,153 tonnes.

  • Germany: Exported 391,133 tonnes.

  • U.K.: Exported 268,777 tonnes.

  • Spain: Exported 213,804 tonnes.

  • United States: Exported 204,888 tonnes.

  • Netherlands: Exported 198,205 tonnes.

  • Belgium: Exported 122,721 tonnes.

  • Australia: Exported 14,482 tonnes.

Key Metrics

2017-2025 Global Plastic Waste Exports (HS 3915): Total Exports (France 2025 data not yet published in UN Comtrade)

2017-2025 EU Plastic Waste Exports: To Vietnam

2017-2025 EU Plastic Waste Exports: To Thailand

2017-2025 Global Plastic Waste Exports (HS 3915) to Non-OECD Countries and Mexico & Türkiye (OECD Countries)

2017-2025 Global Plastic Waste Exports (HS 3915) to Non-OECD Countries

Top 10 OECD Countries: 2017 to 2024 Global Plastic Waste Exports (HS 3915) to Non-OECD Countries, Mexico & Türkiye

2017-2025 Global Plastic Waste Exports (HS 3915) to China and Hong Kong

2017-2025 Global Plastic Waste Exports (HS 3915) to Indonesia

2017-2025 Global Plastic Waste Exports (HS 3915) to Latin America (Mexico, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala & Honduras)

2017-2025 Global Plastic Waste Exports (HS 3915) to Türkiye (OECD Country)

2017-2025 Global Plastic Waste Exports (HS 3915) to Malaysia

2017-2025 Global Plastic Waste Exports (HS 3915) to India